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able for court on Friday.

Straith countered with Section $16 ef tie
Criminal Code (court proceedings may be
adjourned up to three days and the accused
can be remanded in custody during that time)
and Section | of the Chartered of Rights
(rights and freedoms are subject to reasonable
limits).

Said Grandison, “I note for the record, Mr.
Viug’s objections ... The uccused will not be
released..."

An angry Vlug said, “Shit. Po have no
respect for you. You have no respect fur me.”

Said Grandison, “I'm shocked.” before
leaving the court room.

Viug continued by communicating that
“the system stinks” both in voice and tn sign
language which included a motion of plug-
ging his nose.

Vlug had asked for a anseript of the pro-
ceedings by the next day. Straith said he
would not request a transcript.

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Functional or Sculptural

Meanwhile, Ashrafinia. standing in the
Prisoner's box, was communicating by sign
linguage throughout the proceedings with his
wife in the audience. Ashrafinia’s wife, who
is also deaf, was signing and crying in the
court room.

Atone point. the Farsi interpreter was cut
off by Grandison when he began to say that
Ashrafinia was a famous artist.

Vilug and his client conmmunicated through
sign language.

Grandison had previously presided over
preliminary court: proceedings concerning
Peiravani. who was charged with two counts
of trafficking opium, two counts of traffiek-
ing cocaine and (ve counts of possessing the
proceeds of crime.

Peiravani was released with conditions
that he had a curfew between 1O p.m. and 6
am, and he would not go to the Seymour
Billiards hall in Vancouver.

Grandison said Peiravani could “expect to
be locked up” if he breached his release con-
ditions.

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“Don't jay walk or you're history” said
Grandison.

Peiravani’s lawyer said his cliest was an
unemployed construction worker fiving on
Unemployment Insurance.

He added that Peiravani had been in
Canada for LO years and was a Canadian cid-
zen.

ffis temporary residence was stated as
being a suite at 580 Lonsdale Ave., but the
North Vancouver RCMP state that he resides
in Vancouver,

Another accused, Gray, also appeared in
connection with two counts of trafficking
marijuana and two counts of possessing the
proceeds of crime.

He. too, said he was an unemployed con-
struction framer collecting Unemployment
Insurance.

Gray and Peiravani were released from
jail. They are scheduled for sepurate court
appearances on Dee. 14.

Charges against the other men wanted on
warrants include:

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for the entire family

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Abbas Ghodrat: two counts of trafficking
opium, one count of trafficking marijuana,
three counts of possessing the proceeds of
crime and ong count of possessing marijuana
for the purpose of trafficking;

Kazem Elahe: one count of money laun-
dering: and

Adel Jowahari: two counts of trafficking
cocaine and two counts of possessing the pro-
ceeds of crime.

The North Vancouver RCMP said the
operation netted 157 grams (5.5 02.) of
opium, 709 grains (25 02.) of cocaine, 907
grams (32 02.) of “high grade” marijuana.

They estimated the drug haul to be worth
approximately $82,000.

Police say the information gathered in the
undercover operation has “opened up several
more avenues” of investigation.

The charges resulted from the combined
work of the RCMP immigration and passport
section and the drug sections of the
Vancouver RCMP and the North Vancouver

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